Rahul Gandhi says he will send a book on Periyar to PM Modi

THENI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he would send a book on late social reformer Periyar E V Ramasamy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help him understand Tamil Nadu. Campaigning for Congress candidate in Theni Lok Sabha constituency E V K S Elangovan, Rahul said, “I will send the book with a note ‘read this to know about people of Tamil Nadu’. Elangovan is the grandson of Periyar. “I will also send him a few books on (late Tamil Nadu chief minister) M Karunanidhi,” he added. Rahul said, “Modi does not understand that down the history lane, Tamil people have decided their future. No force in the universe can make them do what they don't want to do with hate and anger.” “But they will do anything for love and affection,” Rahul said and added that the books he would send the PM would help him realise this.

Stating that GST and demonetisation had destroyed the economy, he said the Congress would set things right by reversing the way things had gone wrong. The Congress would reverse it through schemes like NYAY, wherein people will get purchasing power to buy goods, and restart industrial hubs like Tirupur and Kancheepuram, resulting in resuming production and help youth get jobs.